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Podcasts
Please note that this podcase includes pathological descriptions of injuries and animal disease which some listeners may find upsetting.
Dissecting Animal Diseases:
Our Dissecting animal diseases series discusses different animal diagnostic investigations completed at the Animal and Plant Health Agency
In this episode, Claire Scott, APHA’s Pig Expert Group lead, and Chris Burns, Veterinary Investigation Officer (VIO) at the Thirsk Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC), discuss disease due to Streptococcus suis in pigs and how APHA’s whole genome sequencing pipeline for S. suis can inform herd health decisions.
2. Shamonda virus: an emerging challenge to ruminants and horses in Europe – In this episode, Peter Moore, an APHA Field Epidemiology Veterinary Adviser, talks to Non Evans, Veterinary Lead of the Cattle Expert Group, to discuss the virus, its clinical affects and epidemiology. The episode uses an outbreak of Shamonda virus (SHAV) in Jersey as an example of the clinical picture and what to do if you suspect it in animals.
1. Investigating a case of lameness and recumbency in breeding sows
2. Investigating diarrhoea in a small-scale pig herd
3. Investigating icterus (jaundice) in pigs, which we’ve also accompanied with a brand new information note on the same topic.
4. Investigating congenital tremors in piglets.
You can listen to all episodes on Apple and Spotify or through Buzzsprout.
Behind the Biosecurity Line
Our Behind the Biosecurity Line series explores how APHA protects animal and plant health, strengthens biosecurity, and tackles the challenges facing the UK today.
1. Bluetongue: Protecting your herd and flock – In this episode, Mary Smith, APHA Senior Veterinary Inspector is joined by Official Veterinarian Florin Condruta to discuss Bluetongue and its impact on livestock.
Digital learning resources:
Diagnostic investigation of nervous signs with recumbency in pigs
This digital learning resource explores a diagnostic investigation for a common presentation of nervous disease in pigs, including differential diagnoses. It includes fact sheets, videos, a quiz with signposting to extra information and will take approximately one hour to complete https://apha.pagetiger.com/Nervousdiseaseinpigs.